New Delhi 6 July, 2017: Union Labour and Employment Minister Mr. Bandaru Dattatreya today said, out of 44 labour laws, we are going to amalgamate, simplify and rationalise into four labour course at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.

New Delhi, July 6, 2017: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) is in the process of addressing concerns raised by the industry on new standards for eight categories of products, including health supplements and nutraceuticals notified last year, its CEO (chief executive officer), Mr Pawan Agarwal said at an ASSOCHAM event held in New Delhi today.

New Delhi, 5 July 2017: Industry alone is expected to contribute USD 280 billion to India’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the next 8-9 years, as a positive fall out of the Goods and Services Tax as structural changes in the ease of doing business would propel the growth, an ASSOCHAM-APAS study has said.

New Delhi, 4 July 2017: Despite the growing threat, India’s budgetary allocation towards cyber security was about Rs 42.2 crore in 2012-13, up 19 per cent from Rs 35.45 crore in 2010-11 whereas US spend $658 million through department of homeland security and $93 million through US-CERT in 2013, according to the joint study brought out by ASSOCHAM and PwC.

New Delhi, July 3, 2017: Implementation of goods and services tax (GST) will bring innumerable benefits for domestic manufacturers of electronic components as cost of manufacturing will be significantly brought down, noted a recent ASSOCHAM-NEC joint study.

New Delhi, 1 July, 2017: With retail prices growing by the slowest pace in the last four years by mere 2.18 per cent, it is the perfect time for the launch of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), from inflation point of view, as this particular macro fundamental is placed at an ideal position for the roll out of the country’s most ambitious tax reform, the ASSOCHAM has said.

New Delhi, June 30, 2017: The widening gap between demand for water and its supply is estimated to reach as high as about 50 per cent by 2030 and plugging this huge gap would need an additional investment of about $291 billion (bn), noted a just-concluded ASSOCHAM-PwC joint study.

Ahemdabad, 29 June 2017: Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) should pave way for more domestic participation in the Indian debt market which may witness less of foreign investors' interest, following hike in rates by the US Federal Reserve, according to an ASSOCHAM Study on Bond Market.

New Delhi, 28 June 2017: Several hydropower projects with a cumulative capacity of about 13,363 megawatt (MW) are stranded at various stages of project development, resulting in significant time and cost overruns worth Rs 52,697 crore as of December 2016, noted a just-concluded ASSOCHAM-PwC study.